5 Eco-Friendly Moving Tips
“My question is about moving. I have four weeks to pack up my house and the amount of plastic we will probably be needing is giving me nightmares already. Any eco-friendly moving tips for me?”
Carbon emissions from diesel-burning trucks. Excess trash (a.k.a. all the stuff not moving with us) we’re sending to landfills. Bubble wrap, cardboard boxes, tape, plastic liners, and countless other single-use disposables: moving a household’s-worth of stuff is stress-inducing, sure. But if we’re not careful, moving can also create an awful lot of waste.
This week, I’m mixing things up a bit and answering a listener’s question about whether its possible to have an eco-conscious move and, if so, how.
(Stay tuned for the week’s regularly scheduled interview to be released on Thursday!)
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Rabbit Movers
- Gentle Giant
- Greenwrap (the biodegradable alternative to bubble wrap)
- Eco-friendly-ish bubble wrap made of 40% recycled content
- Paper craft tape
- Reduce & Reuse Refillery
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